rasmi
@rasmi.bsky.social
Researching the bad, building the good.
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Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
How Congress Can Delete DOGE | TechPolicy.Press
Rebecca Williams explores how DOGE’s budget can be restricted—if Congress decides to act.
www.techpolicy.press
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
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Letter from 21 legacy US Digital Service staff who resigned, saying they can no longer work for DOGE.
"We will not use use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize American's sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services."
"We will not use use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize American's sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services."
February 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Letter from 21 legacy US Digital Service staff who resigned, saying they can no longer work for DOGE.
"We will not use use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize American's sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services."
"We will not use use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize American's sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services."
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A new research paper from Google says generative AI could “distort collective understanding of socio-political reality or scientific consensus,” and in many cases is already doing that:
www.404media.co/google-ai-po...
www.404media.co/google-ai-po...
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug
“While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”
www.404media.co
July 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
A new research paper from Google says generative AI could “distort collective understanding of socio-political reality or scientific consensus,” and in many cases is already doing that:
www.404media.co/google-ai-po...
www.404media.co/google-ai-po...
Big Tech doesn't want you to ghost ride the whip
October 26, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Big Tech doesn't want you to ghost ride the whip
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Scoop: ShotSpotter is buying Predpol, a controversial “predictive policing” company previously shown to disproportionately target poor and Black neighborhoods.
www.wired.com/story/soundt...
www.wired.com/story/soundt...
The Maker of ShotSpotter Is Buying the World’s Most Infamous Predictive Policing Tech
SoundThinking is purchasing parts of Geolitica, the company that created PredPol. Experts say the acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate.
www.wired.com
September 27, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Scoop: ShotSpotter is buying Predpol, a controversial “predictive policing” company previously shown to disproportionately target poor and Black neighborhoods.
www.wired.com/story/soundt...
www.wired.com/story/soundt...
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New from me: the NYC subway has since 2020 been using an AI system to track alleged fare evasion, with plans to significantly expand it by the end of this year, gov docs show.
NYC subway using AI to track fare evasion
An MTA spokesperson said the software doesn’t flag fare evaders to New York police but declined to comment on whether that policy could change.
www.nbcnews.com
July 20, 2023 at 1:12 PM
New from me: the NYC subway has since 2020 been using an AI system to track alleged fare evasion, with plans to significantly expand it by the end of this year, gov docs show.
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In retrospect I should have picked this option
May 6, 2023 at 7:02 PM
In retrospect I should have picked this option
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the old hellsite is dying. the new hellsite struggles to be born. this is the time of posts.
April 26, 2023 at 11:37 PM
the old hellsite is dying. the new hellsite struggles to be born. this is the time of posts.
